Robert,
I am not the expert on CSS, but anyway...
Do you have a background color specified for the body? If so then it should
be inherited, which means the problem is not major, merely one of absolute
completeness. I will ask the experts tomorrow.
Regards
Charles McCN
On Mon, 24 May 1999, Robert Neff wrote:
Has anyone worked with the W3C CSS Validator much? I ran our code through and came up with so many "You have no background-color with your color". I thought this did not need to be specified? Pls remember, I am new to this validator, CSS and still learning it.
Here is the results of the first pass.
Line : 18 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : A:link
Line : 20 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : A:visited
Line : 22 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : A:active
Line : 44 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : H1
Line : 53 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : H2
Line : 65 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : H3
Line : 74 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : H4
Line : 87 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : .title
Line : 96 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : .title2
Line : 103 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : .policyfooter
Line : 112 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : .smallblue
Line : 119 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : .mysmall
Line : 145 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : .subtitle3
Line : 145 Level : 1 Same colors for color and background-color in two contexts .tabletitle and .subtitle3
Line : 154 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : .subtitle4
Line : 164 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : .subtitle1
Line : 164 Level : 1 Same colors for color and background-color in two contexts .tabletitle and .subtitle1
Line : 172 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : .subtitle2
Line : 188 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : HR
Line : 202 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : .ss
Line : 202 Level : 2 You are encouraged to offer a generic family as a last alternative : .ss
Line : 204 Level : 2 You are encouraged to offer a generic family as a last alternative : .xxx
Line : 205 Level : 1 You have no background-color with your color : .xxx
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